Author: halo@bungie.org

The BS Police noticed that the eagerly-awaited MCC Update is now online – matchmaking is working better than ever before! Eurogamer has some numbers for various playlists (as tested by one of their staffers)… go try for yourself!(Louis Wu 17:33:50 UTC)

Justin Bryce sent word that Drunken Halo episode 104 is now out (discussing a variety of things, from the Halo Championship series to multiplayer in the Master Chief Collection)… and Travis Bryce let us know that the final game in the Drunken Halo vs…

Ifafudafi, with CMT, let us know that the Halo PC mod ‘Silent Cartographer: Evolved’ has been released. You can watch the launch trailer on YouTube, you can swing by their forums to pick up the mod. It’s the last Halo project for a number of the team (…

TrueAchivements have put out a couple of new Top Five lists that include Halo references – thanks to Morpheus for the heads-up. Franchises That Could Switch Genres include Halo (as Survival Horror), and Sidekicks include (surprise) Cortana. Go check ou…

Kobo Books has an excerpt from the upcoming Halo: New Blood novel – and it looks like our friend Buck has gotten a promotion, of sorts. (Grizzlei is not happy.) (Louis Wu 22:22:22 UTC)

CE3 2015 is coming up – submission deadline for content is June 27, while teh actual air date is July 11. MatthewDratt stopped by our forum with a link to a promo trailer and some basic details!(Louis Wu 22:15:18 UTC)

Rockslider has completed his rockslide megabattle sequence with a final pair of vids – 11 supporting marines, with either the AR or the Pistol to help thin out Covies. Go watch! (Louis Wu 22:13:10 UTC)

Gamecheat13 got the Halo 2 Jackal Shield (originally planned to be a playable shield for you, after you removed it from its original owner) working, so you can see what it would have played like. Looks like Bungie’s decision to cut this was a good one!…

The latest Halo Community Update at Halo Waypoint details an upcoming content update – should improve details across the board. There are also updates to MCC Playlists, and some stats on weapons used during the Halo 5 Beta. Go give it a read! Thanks, u…

This week’s Canon Fodder focuses on Second Story, a feature of the Halo Channel that allows new views into existing content. Nightfall is one of the first projects to receive the Second Story treatment, and GrimBrother One’s got the lowdown for you on …

Remember that old chestnut about a million monkeys pounding away on a million keyboards, accidentally creating Shakespeare as they go? Yeah… not so much. (Thanks, SEspider.)(Louis Wu 22:53:39 UTC)

Rockslider has added another variant to his newest rockslide megabattle – this time it’s sniper/pistol vs the bad guys. Go see how he does! (Louis Wu 22:50:49 UTC)

2good4u2 is back with another installment of his Randomness series – it’s well-labeled. Games range from the original Halo to Halo 5 Beta. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:47:04 UTC)

Game 3 of 4 of the Drunken Halo vs PIGS podcast showdown is now on YouTube. This time they duel it out by slaying each other on Abandon. Thanks, Travis Bryce.(mastrbiggy 21:48:02 UTC)

Rockslider’s back to his rockslide megabattle setup – this time with 11 marines and 33 covies. Sound like fun? Go watch!(Louis Wu 20:56:43 UTC)

Interesting! Lord Zedd has posted a video showing teleporters working with projectiles (you fire into one end, it comes out the other). Apparently, this was built into the game, but never activated. I’m sort of glad (I can’t tell you how frustrating it…

Travis Bryce sent word that game 2 of 4 of the Drunken Halo vs PIGS Podcast showdown is live. Go watch some 2v2 Oddball on Countdown!(mastrbiggy 23:46:45 UTC)

GrimBrother One continues his crowd-pleasing ways with another iteration of Canon Fodder, his lore-based blog on Halo Waypoint. This one answers a whole passel of community-generated questions… and makes us laugh while informing us. Who could ask for…

TheSparbiter (also known as UncookedMoa) decided to mix the version of Follow that appeared on the Halo 2 Official Soundtrack with the version that was released on its own EP (with lyrics). The remix is pretty interesting! Go listen.(Louis Wu 21:28:30 …

Mixmasterchief let us know that Reclaimer Recap Episode 3 is now online – now with more speculation! Go watch.(Louis Wu 21:25:35 UTC)